Re: Obsolete group - time for a new one... ... New list formed: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSP-Business ... Let's hope so. Combined with the Time magazine...
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Seth Cohn
sethcohn
Nov 14, 2006 6:34 pm
Ok, we've got 17 people signed up for the list now... What do people think of a Porcupine Yellow Pages? Encouraging people to patronize each other's...
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M Otis Beard
atomdebris
Nov 14, 2006 8:26 pm
... Sounds like an excellent idea to me. The more voluntary support we can give each other, the more likely we are to be able to achieve our goals. ...
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freeky_foodog
Nov 14, 2006 8:39 pm
The idea sounds good to me, but the first edition should probably be free. Then it goes some credibility for future businesses to want to pay a fee....
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Curt Howland
curthowland
Nov 14, 2006 8:44 pm
It could function within a Wiki, searched alphabetically, by location or by type. Each business operator (or operative) puts in and debugs their own...
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Seth Cohn
sethcohn
Nov 14, 2006 9:08 pm
... There's no such things as a free lunch :) That said, I was picturing a relatively small fee, on the order of $5 for a business card sized listing. ... If...
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Seth Cohn
sethcohn
Nov 14, 2006 9:15 pm
... I'm not a fan of wikis for things like this. Would you really want your business listing modified by someone else? "Gee, I tried this service, and they...
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bikerbillnh
Nov 15, 2006 12:08 am
... Seems like a no-brainer. We already have a White Pages, after all. I've made some little effort promoting a similar resource within NH Mensa in my capacity...
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M Otis Beard
atomdebris
Nov 15, 2006 12:45 pm
Doing this online makes a LOT more sense to me than putting out a dead tree edition. There may not be any need to charge businesses for listings, either......
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Daniel Stringfield
freeky_foodog
Nov 15, 2006 12:45 pm
Why would someone pay for a listing in a directory that has no readership? that's all that I was asking to think about....
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Jack
jaqeboy
Nov 15, 2006 12:46 pm
Some may want this referral network to be more private, eh? You gotta know the password and the secret handshake and all.......
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wolzybk
Nov 16, 2006 1:15 pm
The idea would be that if enough people do so, then the directory will be worth reading, and would therefore attract a readership. Ya gotta start somewhere. ...
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fnoglsnooksnook
Nov 16, 2006 1:24 pm
Dear Groupies: I am willing to pay $5 for a listing. We are, after all, capitalists. Furb...
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bikerbillnh
Nov 16, 2006 6:31 pm
... Discounts? };-> But how do customers prove they're eligible for it... -- --= Ya can't blame me: I vote for liberty. =-- BikerBill=-...
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fnoglsnooksnook
Nov 17, 2006 2:23 pm
Dear Groupies: I think it would be best if we had a printed version AND an online presence. Now the prospective readership is the nearly 500 early movers...
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atomdebris@...
atomdebris
Nov 17, 2006 7:56 pm
What, you think none of us can code some simple HTML, and insert Google's free in-site search utility? There's no complex user interface necessary, and it...
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codehead@...
partitiontwo
Nov 18, 2006 2:42 pm
... I tend to agree with this sentiment. Most business owners are assailed with many, many offers to be listed in directories. Sure, this is an FSP ...
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wolzybk
Nov 19, 2006 11:29 am
I'm thinking it need not be so complex, at first anyway. We're not talking about any serious advertising budget from the participating businesses here. I'm...
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fnoglsnooksnook
Nov 19, 2006 5:47 pm
Now I think that Emily has a lot of points that are good. I just think it will be a lot easier for whomever is doing the legwork on this directory project,...
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George Alkza
stimmy321
Nov 23, 2006 5:03 pm
I'm working on something like this as we speak, but much more expansive. I could set something up in the interim with ease which would serve the purposes you...
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Jack Thorsen
jackthorsen
Nov 30, 2006 5:12 am
Looking for a technical person to do some testing and cataloguing of hard disk drives using our equipment. Part time ok. Off-site may be ok, but should be...
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George Alkza
stimmy321
Dec 1, 2006 8:26 pm
Jack, You have the hang of it already. I would very much like to do the job for you, one piece of information you left out was compensation, however. I ...
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Jeremy Robert Furbish
fnoglsnooksnook
Dec 22, 2006 1:31 pm
Dear Group: I've just finished setting up my online bookstore's temporary web home, and I thought I would let y'all know that I am in business. Bagel Land and...
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Jeremy Robert Furbish
fnoglsnooksnook
Dec 27, 2006 8:16 am
Dear Group and especially the moderator: Is it possible to just use this yahoo group as the directory, for now? For those with a web based business such as...
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Seth Cohn
sethcohn
Dec 27, 2006 8:41 am
... I've now possible, I made the links section public, but I think it's a bad solution, personally. But costs me nothing to do it, so... ... Yum, Bagels.......
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sethcohn
Aug 16, 2010 3:31 pm
With a total of 19 people on this list, I'm closing it as unused. Speak now, or forever hold your peace....
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Curt Howland
curthowland
Aug 16, 2010 3:48 pm
... Hash: SHA1 ... So let it be written, so let it be done. - -- Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the...
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fnoglsnooksnook
Aug 16, 2010 8:23 pm
Well, as this is my last chance, I'm looking for venture capital for a startup for when I move back to New Hampshire. I'm working on a business plan for this...
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James
stimmy321
Aug 17, 2010 5:38 am
I'd like to see something similar in the future, but this list has never been used by more than spammers. James...
